NISSAN REPORTS AUGUST SALES IN EUROPE
ROLLE, Switzerland (September 4th, 2008) - Nissan has reported 36,869 sales in Europe in August representing an increase of 0.8% year on year. A total of 430,834 units have been sold since January 2008, up by 19.9% compared to the previous year.
Francois Goupil de Bouille, vice president for sales for Nissan in Europe commented, “We are pleased with our sales performance in August given the tough economic situation cross Europe. Nissan is managing to maintain steady growth of 20% year on year which will be further supported with the imminent arrival of the new Murano and a new Qashqai+2.”
Key highlights
- The UK performed well in August with almost 2,000 units despite being a traditionally quiet month in the lead up to the September registration plate change.
- Russia was up 27% against the same month last year with 13,737 units, where the X-Trail, Tiida and Almera Classic are performing well.
- Qashqai sold 12,518 units in August as it prepares for the sales launch of the new 7-seater version Qashqai+2 across Europe.
TOP 10 COUNTRIES FOR AUGUST 2008
|
August 2008 |
Variation vs August 2007 |
Russia |
13 737 |
27,1% |
Germany |
3 020 |
-12,0% |
France |
2 260 |
-10,2% |
Spain |
2 171 |
-32,9% |
UK |
1 999 |
-0,2% |
Italy |
1 991 |
-7,4% |
Ukraine |
1 719 |
38,4% |
Greece |
1 201 |
26,7% |
Holland |
1 084 |
30,6% |
Belgium |
703 |
-8,9% |
TOP 10 MODELS FOR AUGUST 2008
|
August 2008 |
Variation vs August 2007 |
Qashqai |
12 518 |
61,3% |
Note |
5 036 |
-5,6% |
Micra |
4 025 |
-8,4% |
X-Trail |
3 743 |
-23,4% |
Tiida |
2 553 |
271,6% |
Navara |
1 740 |
-48,8% |
Almera Classic |
1 570 |
-33,7% |
New Teana |
899 |
- |
Pathfinder |
737 |
-48,6% |
Primastar |
621 |
-44,1% |
About Nissan in Europe
Nissan employs around 12,000 people in its European design, research and development, manufacturing, logistics, and sales and marketing operations. In calendar year 2007, the company sold 570,513 vehicles across 40 markets in Western and Eastern Europe including Russia. Furthermore, the company produced a total of 576,632 vehicles in its Spanish and British plants. For more information, please go to www.nissaneurope-newsbureau.com
For further information on all markets, please contact Nissan Corporate Communications - Europe.
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CONTACT
Penny Szczepaniak Corporate Communications, Nissan Europe SAS +33 1 30 13 57 87
E-mail: pszczepaniak@nissan-europe.com
Isabelle Huet Corporate Communications, Nissan Europe SAS +33 1 30 13 56 44
E-mail: ihuet@nissan-europe.com
Editor’s Notes:
(*) The sales figures quoted are retail sales figures for a large European scope covering all of Nissan Europe’s markets including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Cyprus, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Baltic States, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Israel and the French Overseas Territories.
These figures are not to be confused with the figures published by the ACEA who report registration figures and do not cover such a broad European scope as Nissan.